HR1095 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize significant milestones in the lives of the people of this State; and

WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Mildred Freid, known affectionately as Grandma Lou, of Skokie recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of her birth; and

WHEREAS, On her birthday, she renewed her drivers license, and continues to drive just as she has done for the past 50 years; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid was born in Chicago on June 26, 1904; she grew up on the west and south sides of Chicago; her mother, a widow, worked for $1 a day selling children's dresses, and while life was difficult, they never went without food or a place to live; she can recall working as a counting-machine operator at the Boston Store for $12 a week from the time she was 14 until she married, but then there wasn't money taken out for taxes or Social Security; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid remembers a time when cookies came in cans and for $5 a week she could vacation with friends and family at her boss's home in Wisconsin; and

WHEREAS, She married Sam Freid in 1926; after he died in 1957, Mildred got her drivers license for the first time; and she raised their three sons; her North Side Albany Park home was always open to her children's friends, who came over to watch television and listen to the radio; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid can recall having company over and as they watched television, a news bulletin came on to inform them about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; and

WHEREAS, Her homes have always been open to people who needed a place to stay; several family members have lived under her roof, and she used to rent out a room for $7 a week; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid now shares a home with her son; she has five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; she wakes up every morning, makes the beds in the house, and does her physical therapy exercises while observing the birds nesting outside her kitchen window; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Mrs. Mildred Freid on attaining a milestone in her life with her 100th birthday, and we extend to Mrs. Freid our sincere best wishes for the future; and be it

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Mildred Freid as a token of our respect and esteem.